OSHA acceptance and treatment of abatement methods specified in the proposed…

Filnamn: OSHA acceptance and treatment of abatement methods specified in the proposed standard 1910.28, Fall Protection Systems.

This is an OSHA interpretation letter responding to a query about the proposed standard 29 CFR 1910.28, Fall Protection Systems. It states that abatement methods specified in the proposed standard are accepted, that compliance with them would be treated as a de minimis violation with no citation or penalty, and that employers must show guardrail use is infeasible if other fall protection…